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The only way in which we can bring our creative resources fully into play is by misjudging the nature of the task, by presenting it to ourselves as more routine, simple, undemanding of genuine creativity than it will turn out to be. Malcolm Gladwell

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Anthony Trollope, the nineteenth-century writer who managed to be a prolific novelist while also revolutionizing the British postal system, observed, “A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.” Over the long run, the unglamorous habit of frequency fosters both productivity and creativity. […] You’re much more… Continue reading Untitled

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There’s a certain amount of intuitive thinking that goes into everything…. I have a pile of stuff in my brain, a pile of stuff from all the books I’ve read and all the movies I’ve seen. Every piece of artwork I’ve ever looked at. Every conversation that’s inspired me, every piece of street art I’ve… Continue reading Untitled

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Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. And the reason they… Continue reading Untitled

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Originality depends on new and striking combinations of ideas. It is obvious therefore that the more a man knows the greater scope he has for arriving at striking combinations. Rosamund Harding

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The habit of mind which leads to a search for relationships between facts becomes of the highest importance in the production of ideas. James Webb Young

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To create anything … is to believe, if only momentarily, you are capable of magic Tom Bissell

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You can’t use up creativity. The more you use it, the more you have. Maya Angelou